Clinical profile and improving mortality trend of scrub typhus in South India.

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Abstract

Scrub typhus, a bacterial zoonosis caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, may cause multiorgan dysfunction syndrome (MODS) and is associated with significant mortality. This study was undertaken to document the clinical and laboratory manifestations and complications and to study time trends and factors associated with mortality in patients with scrub typhus infection.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Int. J. Infect. Dis.

Title: International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases

ISSN (Electronic): 1878-3511

ISSN (Print): 1201-9712

Publication date (Electronic): Jun 2014

Volume: 23

Affiliations

[1 ] Medicine Unit I and Infectious Diseases, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. Electronic address: georgemvarghese@hotmail.com.

[2 ] Department of Infectious Diseases, Tufts University, Boston, USA.

[3 ] Medicine Unit I and Infectious Diseases, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.

[4 ] Department of Critical Care, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.

[5 ] Department of Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.

[6 ] Department of Hematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.

Article

Publisher Item ID: S1201-9712(14)01446-5

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.02.009

PubMed ID: 24661931

SO-VID: cc536f25-651e-4026-837f-3a9b2310e10c

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Keywords: ARDS,Mortality trends,Multiorgan dysfunction syndrome,Scrub typhus

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Keywords: ARDS, Mortality trends, Multiorgan dysfunction syndrome, Scrub typhus

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